The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-12
Literary News and Notes.


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The Genesis of Science bv Herbert $, ,cnrrr
is published in pamphlet form, price ID cents,
by j. Fitzgerald. "A East 4th street, New York.
1t is Indispensable for the formin" of clear
tions. its validity its authority that its rise and
development from lowly beginnings to its pres
en-. coll'G'ai1MlnS position should be clearly nn-
'uistoou. Inc ireilinent oi tLal s'in)ert re-
Iu'res 'o'h ph,iosopiiic insight aih wldc ar-
'l"ainiante Win 'he methods ann results OF
Soleil'c research. as wen .iS an intimate KNOW
ledge OF the history OF rlvillZatIoil. la no one
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eer' ana consequently his account or ihe
''enesis oi science ueseNe'ls nolus thc hiSh-
cSl r:il'k aihoh" contemporary scrht'ilco-phiio-
>ophle''' essays.
The Swiss Cross for May has an attractive
table of contents. Many Idle Weeds treats of
spring flowers, Bir,i-Studies reminds OF the re-
turning songstcrs, while Spring Among the
Mountains calls forth visions of lilies and ruiz
ming streams and trailing arbutus; so that it
part of the season, and fore-or.Iained bv nature.
The article on The Pitch Lake of Trinidad is
interesting TO the last degree, and full of infor-
nation for many. \ series Of articles entitled
Br,l-Stu,lics begins with "DelinlionS and
Characters of Il Bird" The Late Eruption
f., i. ~ .
finely illustrated. The current article on Photo
graphy gives some valuable suggestions on
porrait-taking, and cnforces them by several
beautiful reproductions of art photographs.
Early Man in America gives an entertaiuiuu
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commander thadWltk, nlted States Navy,
leads the May scribner's with careful article,
bflSl'ihS with statistics, called "Ihc Develop
ment of the steamship" The paper seems to
nave been suggested by the Liverpool lnterna-
tlomil Exhibition OF 1856, and beginning with
5eifs Comet-bullt at Glasgow i'll lSl2-thc
Clcrmont, Fulton's first steamboat, and the
Savannah - the latter being the first vessel lis
ln% steam that crossed the Atantic--pa>ses
down through the long list that includes the
Great Western, the Great Britain and the
Great Eastern 10 the splendid liners that have
N.'N A'Nts VII, y ''iPo~'''''.
OF spanning the ocean between Europe and
America i'll less than seven days. 81. s., of
Dale, concludes in this number his tale of
''fhe ke>duary Legatee"; MIR. ii. {. Hunncr
does .,' lne IKE IKE ~ "The Story OF a New York
House., and Mr.; Harold Frederic supplies
three chapters of his ..Scth's Brothers Wife,
A second batch Of Ihackeray's unpublished
letters VII be to many the most attractive fe:'-
ttre OF the magazine. the name of Philip
i5ourke Marston' whose death has been so re.
Gently. Iamented, precedes short copy of
touching verses. and IN 1.-The Forests OF North
Amerlca, by n. ). Shaler, an article of ster.
ling VlliIr is furuiShatl thp nr1na of